I'm leaving Las Vegas tonight to go home. I sort of can't wait. The journey is going to be miserable -- depart at 2145 to arrive Newark at 0500; depart at 0755 to arrive Heathrow at 2000 -- but I've got exit row seating on both legs, and that's as much as I can ask for, short of teleportation ( Read more... )

But you can imagine my relief.

You Belong in London


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This was my second Thursday night in as many at Shepherd's Bush Empire, but the atmosphere this week was a bit different to last. Namely, while Spiritualized was met with rapt attention throughout, the end of Jamie T's set was marked by hundreds of mostly empty plastic cups being hurled into the air like so much confetti or so many graduation caps ( Read more... )

schmichael and I went to see Peter Bjorn and John last night in Camden ( Read more... )

The best news about today: my apartment has been rented! I am now free of my lease obligation in Chicago Illinois USA and can devote all that cash to funding the exorbitant cost of living in Shoreditch London UK.

Speaking of, I wrote a silly column for GB about customer service in Britain. It was meant to be funny, but I'm afraid it comes off a ( Read more... )

I've just returned from an advance screening of Sunshine, which was followed by a live interview of Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy ( Read more... )

I'm dreaming of a day in the not too distant future that doesn't involve me schlepping across London with some huge parcel containing this or that household whatever. Just my backpack would be such a nice change. As it is, I made another trip to IKEA tonight and came back with two of their blue shopping bags. Both were full; both were heavy ( Read more... )

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And I kinda want to.

Be that as it may, I'm taking off on a plane in about 10 hours: take me back to dear ol' Blighty and all that. I won't move into my new flat until next Saturday, as I've got work obligations between now and then, but my visa is dated 25/02/07, and that, I suppose, is that.

Still doesn't seem real, though.

Today I took further, more exciting steps to establish myself as a future resident of London: I ordered tickets to a couple upcoming shows! I'm gonna see the Feeling at the beginning of March and then Spiritualized at Shepherds Bush in late April. That's in addition to Andrew Bird in between. This is all very exciting stuff, as far as I'm concerned ( Read more... )